Functional Diversity of the Microbial Community in Healthy Subjects and Periodontitis Patients Based on Sole Carbon Source Utilization

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 3; p. e91977
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yifei, Zheng, Yunfei, Hu, Jianwei, Du, Ning, Chen, Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 14.03.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Bacteria; Bacteria - classification; Bacteria - metabolism; Biodiversity; Biofilms; Biological effects; Biology and Life Sciences; Carbohydrates; Carbon; Carbon - metabolism; Carbon sources; Case-Control Studies; Catabolism; Chronic Disease; Communities; Community structure; Comparative analysis; Dental plaque; Dental Plaque - complications; Dental Plaque - microbiology; Dental restorative materials; Disaccharides; Disease; Ecological monitoring; Ecology; Female; Gum disease; Homeostasis; Humans; Laboratories; Male; Maltose; Mannose; Medical research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Metabolism; Microbial activity; Microbiomes; Microorganisms; Patients; Periodontitis; Periodontitis - complications; Periodontitis - microbiology; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Pyruvic acid; Stachyose; Streptococcus; Teeth; Utilization

Chronic periodontitis is one of the most common forms of biofilm-induced diseases. Most of the recent studies were focus on the dental plaque microbial diversity and microbiomes. However, analyzing bacterial diversity at the taxonomic level alone limits deeper comprehension of the ecological relevan...